Also known as Wilder Elves, the Kagonesti are the true embodiment of the Colinesti, or People of the Morning. Let’s learn all about the history of this elven subrace. Buy Races of Ansalon: [ Ссылка ]

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They are the original form of all elves, collectively known as the Colinesti, or People of the Morning. Let’s learn more about the Kagonesti.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about the Kagonesti elves. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing sourcebooks from all editions but I am leaning heavily on DLS4 Wild Elves and Races of Ansalon. If I miss anything or misspeak, please leave an update or correction in the comments below.
Discussion
The Kagonesti’s history is an oral tradition. They do not believe in manipulating their environment like their cousins, seeing it as a form of vanity. They also don’t value possession, so the idea of creating parchment to write on is anathema to the Kagonesti. And though we humans are terrible at retelling stories with any degree of accuracy, certainly through eons of time, the Kagonesti see it as a sign of respect for themselves and their people. Often reciting the same tale hundreds of times, never straying in the last retelling from the first. This is all to say that the history of the Kagonesti is slightly different than the history of their Silvanesti cousins.

The Silvanesti reflect on their history as a rise from barbarism. The Kagonesti see it very differently. Elves began separating themselves from one another by their skin color in the ages past. At this time they all dwelt together in The Home, listeners would know this as Southern Ergoth. It was during this time that Loud Voice, also known as Silvanos declared that he wished to find his own land to settle. He spoke to his fellow light skinned brothers and sisters about strange dreams he has had. Dreams of culture and civilization. He told his dark skinned kin that if they all didn’t join in unity, the dragons would inevitably destroy them all. This is referred to as The Great Lie which segregated the elves forever. Many elves followed Silvanos to Silvanost where they settled. Those Kagonesti that followed were declared the House Servitor, the lowest class in elven society. They were indentured servants to their light skinned brothers, forced to serve and live in buildings. Because of this many Kagonesti would leave Silvanesti society in its formative years. Those who left were led by an elf named Koganos.

The Great Lie was in effect a great divide between cultures. The Silvanesti saw the Kagonesti as primitives and savages to be exploited. The Kagonesti saw the Silvanesti as cruel and tyrannical elves who betrayed their heritage. There was never much bloodshed between them, yet the divide remained deep and wide. With the exodus of Silvanos and his people, the Kagonesti remained as they always had. Living their nomadic lives in relative peace throughout Southern Ergoth. They were never affected by the dragons threatened by Silvanos, which only entrenched their perception of the Great Lie. The truth of this is not so cut and dry as the Silvanesti suffered the brunt of the Dragons assaults, though it was in large part because they settled in the Dragons land. So theirs was a self fulfilling prophecy.

The Kagonesti did not directly worship the gods in the manner other races did. They see the god's work in the manifestations of nature. This disturbed some of the gods, but Habbakuk, Chislev and Zeboim would go to bat as it were on behalf of those who w orshipped nature and would grant them magic. Habakkuk would grant the Forest Master of the largest Kagonesti clan a magical stone called the willstone. It conferred a number of special powers, however it was lost in the Cataclysm. Prior to the cataclysm, they would fight off hostile incursions of ogres and marauding humans, and were even said to be a part of the Ergoth empire, which they didn’t bother to agree or disagree with as they maintained their lifestyle unmolested...

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